Aug 2nd 2023
Windows Weekly 840
Buried in Corn
EU investigates Teams, Loop in the Microsoft Store, Beta build 22631.2129
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EU investigates Teams, Loop in the Microsoft Store, Beta build 22631.2129
Windows
- Insider: Last week, Canary got features from Dev plus some new features of its own.
- Dev channel: Improved screen cast, HDR background support, more Voice access, presence sensing, more.
- Beta channel: Windows Copilot, Dev Drive, enhanced Narrator/Excel integration, new Voice access text authoring features, passwordless experience for Windows Hello for Business, plus screen cast, presence, and voice access from above.
- Intel is profitable again, hopeful for the future (and massive fab expansion in Oregon)
- AMD revenues fell 18 percent, but also some hope for the future
Microsoft 365
- The EU announces formal investigation of Teams bundling in Microsoft 365
- Microsoft Teams gets spatial audio support
- Microsoft lowers storage allotments for M365 Education customers, kills Office 365 A1 Plus
- Clipchamp is coming to Microsoft 365 commercial (with OneDrive storage integration)
Dev
- Microsoft to launch .NET 8 at .NET Conf in November
Xbox
- CMA publishes Microsoft’s list of “material changes” in its Activision Blizzard case, gives public four days for feedback
- Unexpectedly, not a single new concession, just a bunch of new “evidence” that appeared since the decision
- Xbox Games with Gold goes out with a whimper
- Here come the first August Game Pass titles
- Final Fantasy XIV Online is FINALLY coming to Xbox
- Microsoft starts testing game streaming from Xbox to Discord
- You can buy Xbox controller parts now
- Sony has now sold over 40 million PS5s
- EA revenues up 9 percent in Q2
- Nintendo’s next Switch to debut next year
- Microsoft is killing the Xbox Console Companion app, has never made a new solution for getting Xbox console screenshots and videos on the PC
Tips and Picks
- Tip of the week: Enroll in the Windows Insider Beta channel if you want to test 23H2
- App pick of the week: Loop for Windows is now available
- RunAs Radio this week: Windows 11 and Windows Update for Business with Julie Andreacola
- Brown liquor pick of the week: Angel’s Envy
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Links
- Windows Insider Canary Channel Gets New Dev Channel Features
- Windows Copilot Preview Starts Rolling Out to Beta Channel Insiders
- Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 23516
- Intel Returns to Profitability, Issues Upbeat Forecast
- AMD Revenues Fell 18 Percent in Q2
- Intel Plans Massive Fab Expansion in Oregon
- Microsoft Faces EU Antitrust Probe Over Teams/Office 365 Bundling
- This is What Matters in the EU Antitrust Case Against Microsoft Teams (Premium)
- Microsoft Teams Now Supports Spatial Audio for Meetings
- Microsoft Announces Two Big Changes to Microsoft 365 for Education
- Microsoft’s Clipchamp Video Editor is Coming to Microsoft 365 Commercial Customers
- Microsoft to Launch .NET 8 at .NET Conf 2023 in November
- CMA Gives Public Four Days to Comment on Activision Blizzard Acquisition
- Microsoft Offers the CMA New Evidence, Not New Compromises (Premium)
- Microsoft Reveals Final Xbox Games with Gold Lineup
- Everspace 2, Broforce Forever, and More Are Coming to Game Pass in August
- Final Fantasy XIV Online is Coming to Xbox
- Microsoft Starts Testing Xbox Game Streaming to Discord
- Microsoft Now Sells Repair Parts for Xbox Controllers in the US
- Sony’s PlayStation 5 Crosses Over 40 Million Units Sold Since Launch
- EA Revenues Were up 9 Percent in Q2
- Nintendo’s Next Console Could Reportedly Launch in 2024
- Microsoft is Sunsetting its UWP Xbox Console Companion App
- Microsoft Loop for Windows is now available in the Microsoft Store.
- Windows 11 and Windows Update for Business with Julie Andreacola
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